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Nov. 1 2011
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita (Map) (Keeping Track)
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… but huge differences in economic development persistCertainly not every country or citizen has benefited from overall higher levels of economic welfare. The gap between the lowest and highest income countries remains large, with many countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia still below the global average. In addition, many countries experience significant domestic income inequalities between rich and poor. In new and rising economic powers such as China and India, millions have been lifted out of poverty, but often at a high environmental cost. “The economic growth of recent decades has been accomplished mainly through drawing down natural resources, without allowing stocks to regenerate, and through allowing widespread ecosystem degradation and loss” (UNEP 2011).
This graphic is part of the publication Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment.
